Mason Wade Palmer is here

Mason Wade Palmer joined the family at 8:40 am and came into the world at 20 inches long and 6lb 15oz. We checked into the hospital at 6:30 am and he was out by 8:40 so it was a quick delivery. Summer did great and Mason is doing great as well.

Family Photo (current for the week!)

At least the tire is bigger than me!
October 08

Corn Box

Luke in the corn box.
Like a sand box but corn!

Mackenzie in the corn box.
(Yes, I let her pick her own clothes!)
Mackenzie said this is deer feed, not corn.
Uncle Chris hunts!

Tractor driven Cow Train
Jeremy is riding too, oh, dear!
Luke is in the orange shirt.
Mackenzie is right behind Luke.
This was the highlight of the day.
They BOTH remembered it from last year without
prompting on the drive out there!!
Great memory for a 5 and 2 1/2 year old.
Kaska Family Farm Corn Maize
near Waco, TX
October 2008

Kaska Family Corn Maize

Mackenzie: The sun is too bright!
Luke: slept in the car and just woke up!

Is that a watermelon or a pumpkin in your shirt?

My babies.
They really grow up, don't they?
Mackenzie 6 years
Luke 3 1/2 years
Un-named boy child minus days old
October 2008
near Waco, TX

1st Grade Bible Presentation

1st graders get their own first Bible.
They use it in class each week, together, so they can find the verses together.

My first Bible
October 2008
Highland Baptist Church,
Waco, TX

Pregnant Mom Brain

I just put strawberry syrup in my bowl.....
of macaroni and cheese!
It was intended for the cup of milk which was right next to my bowl.
Yes, I ate it. It was not too much, just a drop or two.
Oh, the joys of pregnant mom brain.
Oct 2008 (39 weeks + 4 days)

39 Weeks, third child

The shirt no longer covers!
No, I don't wear it in public!
Guessin' just days now,
but babies have been known for not cooperating.
Thursday October 16th, 2008
Due (officially) Oct 22.

Shower

Halloween babies,
Carla is due 5 days after me.
We shall see who gets there first.
Not fair!! She is taller than me.
Third child for both of us.
I have a girl, boy, boy.
She has a boy, girl, girl.
It has been a great time having a fellow Preggo this time around.
Thank God for Friends.

The Loot!
Thanks girls!!!!!!
October 2008

Baby Boy Shower

Yet to be named!!!!!

Aren't these the best cookies you ever saw?

Mackenzie came to the shower. I love having a girl!

2 weeks, and counting!

Carla, Heidi, ME.
Carla is due with me.
Let's see who babies first.....
October 2008

Baby Boy Quilt

Snakes! Thank you to the quilter.
October 2008

Pre-Halloween fun

He thinks he is a policeman.
but he loves the knife, grenade, walkie-talkie, and the canteen.

Princess to the core. She thinks she is a princess.
Dress up is fun no matter what the season.
October 2008

Granddad w/ Luke

Can't beat Granddad time!

Luke is 3 1/2.
Waco, TX
Sept 2008

Granny Viola and Coralyn

Chillin' with the Gran!

Let us enjoy some outside time with each other.

Coralyn is 2 and some....
We won't tell you how young Granny is.....
Waco, TX
Sept 2008

Too Much Information

If you only get to buy one swimsuit,
It has'ta last you all the way,
right?
Luke is "huggin'" baby brother.
If you can't enjoy BEING a watermelon.....
Hey, if you got it, flaunt it......
Eat, drink and be merry......
What else can I come up with?

My oh, so clever daughter,
Informed me I was stretching out my shirt
(like the kids do when they put their knees in their shirt)
and that I was going to ruin my shirt.
I should not do that!
35 1/2 Weeks
(I did "retire" the shirt, along with many others.)
Thank you smarty pants!
Sept 08

Smile, you're on self-taken photography!
Sorry for the blur. I took this one myself.
It is hard to get help some times.
35 1/2 weeks, plenty to go.
I told the girls in class,
when it gets down to the leopard mumu.......
Getting close......
Ok, not close, but closer!!!!!
Just yesterday, I was wearing a friend's shirt.
Husband said "wow, you look like a giant LIME"
Friend said "it never quite looked like that on me"
and rubbed my belly.
(She carried wider, I carry RIGHT OUT THERE)
I did look like a lime!
Sept 2008

Sleep

If you get 7 hours of sleep,
but it is broken up into 1 1/2 hour segments,
how much sleep does it FEEL like you are getting?
If it is not the potty that gets me,
it is the need to shift positions cuz one side is asleep or
a baby knee is trying to make an exit out my SIDE.
The blessings and challenges of being a baby factory.
The kids keep asking...."when?"
I keep saying...."when it is time, he will come"
Technically, 4 weeks.
A very long 4 weeks.
Blessed by God.
Sept. 2008

Diaper Cake

This is a diaper cake.
yes, those are diapers.
No, you don't eat it.
But boy it is pretty.
August 23rd, 2008
Currently unnamed Baby Boy Palmer.

Peer Pressure

I just found Coralyn with her swim trunks half down, in the back yard.
I said "Coralyn, what happened to your pants?"
She said "I don't know"
Luke informed me......"she went pee pee in the grass like me!"
I did not see this, but I believe it!
Peer Pressure.
Now we have to work on WHEN it is ok and when it is not!!!!!

August 26th, 2008

PS. Mackenzie was not here to inform me as it happened.
She is at school today.

First Day of 1st Grade

My big girl is going to FIRST grade.
August 2008

She is so excited. I am nervous FOR her, but she is good!
Go figure. It is my job!

The Crew in the Big Blue Van!
Ready for school. Oh, how the little ones will miss her!!!!
Pray, it will be a long day for Luke and Coralyn.
August 26th, 2008

Strange

Mackenzie just asked to watch a Strawberry Shortcake in Spanish instead of English.
She has a few movies she watches in Spanish.
I gladly compiled.
The more Spanish the better.
(she did say the voice in Spanish sounds like "she is fussing all the time", you know the whiny tv voices in Spanish....)

Not a Bad Looking Bunch!

The fat lady (10 weeks to go), Luke-3 1/2, Mackenzie- 6, Daddy.

Marshall, Texas
August 2008